Indianapolis Times, Volume 48, Number 49, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 May 1936 — Page 25

MAY 7, 1936

LEFTY STILL SCORCHING! LEAGUE AFTER ALL THESE YEARS

Old Gaffer and Youngster Compare Favorite Pitchers— Both Are Talking of Grove! Athletics’ Ace of Yore Never Would Have Given Up Home Run, Claims Pappy; Sonny Has Barrel of Statistics to Back Up Present-Day Red Sox Wizard. BY JOE WILLIAMS Time* Special Writer NEW YORK, May 7.—The young man looked at the withered patriarch who sat shaking in the big chair with his palsy and said: “Dad, didn’t you used to tell me about a baseball pitcher named Lefty Grove when I was a little shaver bouncing around the neighborhood?” The old pappy guy nodded his head. And the young man tontinued: “Wasn’t he a left-hander who pitched a long time for Baltimore in the International League and an

even longer time for Connie Mack's Athletics, and wasn’t he the fellow who used to strike out as many as 300 hitters some seasons?" The old gaffer nodded again. The young man went back to the script: ‘‘Well, Dad, this will give you a belt. There’s another Lefty Grove around and he’s pitching for

the Boston Red Sox, and right now he’s the hottest thing in baseball. The hitters can't get a foul off him. He’s pitched five games and won 'em all. Listen to this ...” The young man sprayed the room with sizzling statistics. He told how the new sen-

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j a t 1 o n had pitched a two-hit shutout against the New York Yankees to open the season; how he followed with a three-hit victory against the Washington Senators and then another easy win over the Yankees. Two days later as a relief pitcher he held the Chicago White Sox runless in 12-3 innings. After which he blanked the Cleveland Indians. 6-0. and the other day he held the Detroit Tigers scoreless, 2-0. U tt tt “XT'OU see, Dad, this Lefty Grove jL of our time must be a wonder, ’ went on the young man. “Not only have three of his five victories been shutouts, but he has allowed only one earned run in 44 2-3 innings, or in all the innings he has pitched. This run was the result of a home run by Myril Hoag of the Yankees. “There was a man on base at the time. If Lefty had managed to get that one ball past Hoag he would have had still another shutout because those two runs were the only ones the Yankees got. “Anyway, the figures show he has pitched only one bad ball all season, and the one which enabled Hoag to score that earned run, and you'll have to admit that’s real pitching.” tt n tt THE old gray beard listened with a tolerant smile. Finally he wheezed, "You through, Sonny?” And then he turned it on. “This here Lefty Grove you are talking about is one and the same critter. The very same one I used to tell you about in the nursery. I remember very well when Jack Dunn fetched him to Baltimore shortly after the Civil War, and I remember, too, when Connie Mack later brought him to Philadelphia. “Some sort of celebration was going on there at the time. I don t know whether it was in honor of the first mule car or the invention of the kerosene lamp, but it was a very important affair, and of course it was a long time ago. But this here Lefty Grove you tell me about is the same party that used to win championships for old Connie when baseball was played in the City of Brotherly Love, and I am very happy indeed, though not surprised, to learn he is still a wham-doodle out there on the mound. “But what I can’t understand Is how anybody and particularly a dude like Hoag ever got a home run off him in 45 innings. Hoag wouldn't have got a home run off the Lefty Grove of my time in 45 years. But otherwise it sounds very much like the same Lefty and I have no doubt %t all but what it is.” tt n tt WHILE it is obvious our elderly friend is addicted to exaggeration, especially when he attempts to put Lefty back in the days of Grant and Lee, it is none-the-less true that he has been around quite some time, from 1920 to be specific; and it certainly is amazing to find him burning up the league at this late date. It is doubly amazing considering that two years ago the boys were saying the only chance Lefty had to pitch winning ball again was to submit to an operation on his arm, and even then the operation would have to be a complete success. He had just been sold to the Red Sox for $125,000; he proceeded to win eight and lose eight for young Tom Yawkey’s club and looked like an exceedingly poor investment. Lefty had thrown so many balls during his time in the international and later in the Ameiican League and he had thrown them with such power, game in and game out, it wasn’t' hard to believe the statement that ho had just naturally worn his arm out. And more than one ball player predicted he would never be an effective pitcher again, operation or no operation. tt tt What happened to Lefty in the first place? And how did he get over it? The chances are he never hau anything more serious the matter with his arm than a severely strained muscle; it struck him late in his career and he became panicky—so panicky that he wouldn’t extend himself for a whole year—the season of 1934—f0r fear he might aggravate the condition, whatever it was. We Make LOANS °of A Vahiief * AUTOMOBILES, RADIOS Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry, Fur Coats, Men’s and Women’s ClethJof and Muileal lnstram.at* Chicago Jewelry Cos. _ . 146 E. Washington St. Between Pennsylvania a Delaware-aW.

Boxers Finish Rigid Training 90 Olympic Hopefuls Await Weeding-Out Session in Chicago. By United Pr* a* CHICAGO, May 7.—Ninety rugged young veterans concluded training today for two nights of bitter fighting in the American Olympic Committee's tournament to, select a boxing team to represent the United States at Berlin this summer. From every section of the nation came the finest intercollegiate, A. A. U. and Golden Gloves fighters for trials opening tonight in the International amphitheater. Soldiers From Hawaii The United States Army, active in Olympic boxing for the first time, sent a polished team of 10 hard-hit-ting soldiers from tne national defense forces stationed in Hawaii. Preliminary bouts tonight and Friday will narrow down the field to a final group of 16—the actual Olympic squad. These 16 will clash in the stadium May 20 for top berths in the eight Olympic weight divisions. National A. A. U. champions In four divisions became early favorites to belt their way Into the finals, but the surprising team of soldiers from Hawaii furnished at least two who appear strong enough to win the disputed lightweight and welterweight championships. Golden Glove Stars Sergt. John A. (Mickey) McGuire must contend with Pete Lello, Chicago Golden Gloves lightweight king, and Sergt. Louis Angelucci will have to wade through Danny Farrer, intercollegiate champion; Chet Rutecki, Golden Gloves titleholder, and Johnny Barbara, Golden Gloves runner-up. Milton Shivers of Detroit indicated today he may upset Jimmy Clark, the Jamestown (N. Y.) middleweight sensation. Shivers, who watched Clark lift the National A. A. U. crown with a series of five straight knockouts, showed his confidence in an impressive gym drill as he taoered off his rigid training routine. Games Today AMERICAN ASSOCIATION INDIANAPOLIS at St. Paul. LouisviUe at Kansas City. Toledo at Milwaukee. Columbus at Minneapolis. AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit at New York. Cleveland at Philadelphia. Chicago at Washington. St. Louis at Boston. NATIONAL LEAGUE Boston at Chicago. Philadelphia at St. Louis. New York at Pittsburgh. Brooklyn at Cincinnati.

MAJOR LEADERS

LEADING BATTERS Player and Club. G. AB. R. H. B.Av Terry, Giants .. ....12 2T 4 15 556 Sullivan. Cleveland ...10 31 4 15 ’484 Chapman. Yankees 11 37 5 16 432 Stone. Senators 10 26 8 11 423 Herman, Cubs 18 77 19 33 .416 HOME RUNS Poxx. Red Sox ... 6Hafey, Pirates ... 4 Trosky Cleveiand 6 Bonura, White S . 4 Ott, ln ’oUmts i Vosmik * Cleveland. 4 RUNS BATTED IN Dickey, Yankees. 27!Puccinellt. Ath. .. 18 Norris. Phillies .. 22 Trosky, Cleveland- 18 Leiber, Giants ... 18, RUNS Gehrig, Yankees 25!Foxx. Red Sox .. 19 Gehrlnger Tigers 21 Rolfe. Yankees... 19 Moses, Athletics. 20 Herman, Cubs ... 19 HITS Jordan, Bees ... 32 Moore. Giant* ... SI jehrig, Yankees. 32i 3ehringer, Tiger* 30 Herman, Cubs .. 32 Demaree, Cubs .. 30

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Eight Bouts Carded for Fistic Show at Armory

The complete bill of fare for the amateur boxing show at the Armory tomorrow night was announced today by Matchm&ker Roy Wallace.

Eight scraps are on the program, with a five-rounder pitting Joe Benna, Terre Haute, against Howard Bowles, Fort Harrison, as the headliner. Benna is Terre Haute Golden Gloves welterweight champion and has won two previous fights on Wallace programs here by knockouts. Bowles advanced to the finals of the local Golden Gloves carnival before he was decisioned by Harry Brown. Two other Fort Harrison soldi 2rs are carded. Johnny Chesunas, veteran Post middleweight, is to test George Hoyt, Puritan Bed Springs slugger, and Jack Coffelt, Fort heavyweight champ, opposes Larry Johnson, Terre Haute, in threeround tussles. Johnny Krukemeier, local lightweight, whom Wallace had hoped

Standings and Results

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Won. Lost. Pet. St. Paul 16 4 .800 Kansas City 12 5 .706 Milwaukee 11 7 .611 Minneapolis 10 7 .588 Louisville 9 12 .429 INDIANAPOLIS 5 10 .333 Columbus 5 14 .263 Toledo 4 13 .235 AMERICAN LEAGUE W L. Pet. W. L. Pet. Boston... 15 6 .714 Washin’on 11 12 .487 New York 14 6 .700 Chicago.. 7 10 .412 Cleveland 13 7 ,650lPhila. .. 712 .368 Detroit.. 9 9 .50015 t. Louis. 3 17 .150 NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet. W. L. Pet. Chicago . 11 7 .611 Cincinnati 10 10 .500 St. Louis 10 7 .563!805t0n... 8 10 .444 New York 10 8 .556|Phila 9 12 .429 Pitts’rgh. 9 8 .529iBrooklyn.. 712 .368 Results Yesterday AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Columbus 011 130 200— 8 16 1 Minneapolis 010 100 001— 3 10 0 Cooper. Klinger and Owen: Tauscher, W. Ryan, Baker and Hargrave, Leitz, George. Toledo 000 110 100— 3 10 0 Milwaukee 010 00 1 05x— 7 1 0 1 Sullivan, Hare and Tresh; Hatter and Brenzel. Louisville ... 002 100 320 8 13 0 Kansas City 100 000 000— 1 13 1 Shaffer and Thompson; Page, Vance and Madjeski. AMERICAN LEAGUE St. Louis 000 000 301— 4 8 3 Boston 310 000 12x— 7 10 2 Walkup, Hogsett, Knott. Meola and Hemsley; Marcum and R. Ferrell. Detroit. 000 100 020— 3 8 1 New York 600 053 OOx—l4 14 0 Rowe, lawson, Kimsey and Cochrane, Reiber; Lvarson and Dickey. Chicago 030 101 000—5 12 0 Washington 100 000 000—1 8 0 Lyons and Sewell; Linke. Bokina, Weaver and Balton.

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draped over his shoulder. Ali’s victory entitled him to recognition by the New York Athletic Commission as the heavyweight mat champion and it was his second victory over the German.

to place on the program, will be unable to appear due to illness. Other bouts, all scheduled for three rounds: Bob Blue, South Side Turners, vs. Donald Deane, Terre Haute, welterweights. Dave Norris, unattached, vs. Dick Lybarger, Terre Haute, featherweights. George Carson, Greenfield, vs. Rural Tyler, unattached, flyweights, Joe Faccone, unattached, vs. Leroy Dykes, Washington A. C., featherweights. Melvin Byrode, Chevrolet Commercial Body Plant, vs. Forest McKinney, Washington A. C., lightheavyweights.

Cleveland 020 301 010— 7 11 1 Philadelphia 000 000 010— 1 7 1 Allen and Sullivan; Turbeville, Upchurch and Berry. NATIONAL LEAGUE Boston 000 040 011— 6 11 2 Chicago 310 001 30x— 8 13 1 Osborne, Lanning, Blanche and Lopez; Carleton, Henshaw, Warneke and Hartnett. Brooklyn 000 410 000— 5 12 1 Cincinnati 000 001 010— 2 7 1 Earnshaw and Berres; Hollingsworth, Brennan, Hilcher, Nelson and Campbell. (Ten Innings) New York 000 202 101 1— 6 11 2 Pittsburgh 000 001 121 0~ 5 11 2 Smith. Gumbert. Marberry. Gabler and Mancuso; Tising, Blanton, Hoyt and Padden. Philadelphia 010 000 010— 2 7 3 St. Louis 000 100 002— 3 5 1 Walters, C. Davis and Wilson; J. Dean and Ogrodowski. MOORE RATED HIGH Manager Bill McKechnie of the Bees rates Gene Moore the best right fielder the team has had since he has been managing Boston. "wTiT™ OLD JEWELRY OLD GOLD AND SILVER YVe Pay Highest Price* INDIANAPOLIS GOLD-SILVER CO. 141 E. Washington St. Wo Have > T o Outside Solicitors

HARVARD, YALE BREAK IS FIRST IN 42 YEARS By United Pret CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 7. First break m Harvard’s traditional rivalry with Yale in 42 years was revealed today when the Crimson’s 1936-37 varsity boxing schedule failed to include a match with the Elis. A disputed 4-4 draw in a match in New Haven during the spring was believed the reason for the break which was characterized by a Harvard spokesman as “more of a disagreement in one particular

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branch of sports activity rather than any serious severance.” Harvard boxing officials claimed that the Crimson should have won the meet against Yale, March 7, but that under the accumulative scoring system, two bouts were awarded “unjustly" to the Blue squad. STANFORD INVADES EAST By United Free* PALO ALTO, Cal., May 7.—The Stanford University board of athletic control today provided funds to send 10 Stanford track and field athletes to the N. C. A. A. meet in Chicago. The board fun,her voted to send four tennis players and five golfers, with their coaches, to Eastern collegiate meets.

Greyhounds Play at Butler Field Oppose Bulldog Nine Third Game of Series. Butler University and Indiana Central return to their baseball series at the Bulldogs’ diamond today, each holding one victory. The Greyhounds evened the series Monday. McNamara, who defeated the Hinklemen, is expected to hurl against them again today, with Collier completing the battery. Because

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of the Ineffectiveness of Blackab? in the last two games. Coach Hinkle is expected to send Norval Corbett or Lefty Gaul to the mound with Costas behind the plate. Butler also is scheduled to open the four-game series with Wabash College Saturday at CrawfordsviUe. DENSON AND COTTEY ON MITT BILL TONIGHT An all-star boxing show will be staged tonight at the Oliver A. C, Warren and Oliver-avs. Johnny Denson, local amateur middleweight champion, and Bud Cottey, Golden Gloves featherweight champion, are included on the program. The first match will start at 8:30.